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The American Lawyer

Am Law 100 Firms on Both Sides of $5.2 Billion Shire, NPS Deal

Davis Polk & Wardwell and Slaughter and May are representing Dublin-based Shire as it recovers from its botched deal with AbbVie last year and acquires New Jersey-based NPS Pharmaceuticals, which turned to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom for legal counsel.
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The American Lawyer

Orrick, Skadden, Paul Weiss on $1.6B Bitauto Investment

Tencent and JD.com have used a combination of cash and resources to purchase a 28 percent stake in the Chinese autos e-commerce company.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Deal of the Week: Firm Cements $1.4 Billion Deal

Jeffrey Chapman, a Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner in Dallas, and New York partner Joerg Esdorn lead deal team for Lone Star Funds.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Geographic Limitations in Software Licenses

Software licenses, even the ones in those troublesome click-wrap agreements, contain many provisions that can positively and negatively impact a licensee.…
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The American Lawyer

Skadden Once Again Steals the Show in M&A Rankings

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom took the top spot in three separate, year-end M&A rankings based on deal value issued by Mergermarket, Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg. Other Am Law 100 firms filling the number two and three legal adviser spots, in varying order, include: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Sullivan & Cromwell, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
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The Recorder

This Week's Deals

A roundup of transactions involving Bay Area lawyers and companies.
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Texas Lawyer

EnergyBuzz: What Were the Largest Energy IPOs in Texas During 2014?

Energy companies were more than a third of Texas initial public offerings in 2014.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Eighth Circuit Tosses Award in Bank of America Case

In the latest appellate victory for Theodore Frank of the Center for Class Action Fairness, a panel overturned a judge's decision to award funds left over from a $490 million securities class action to a Missouri legal charity.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Revel Casino Sells for $95M

Wellington, Fla.-based country club Polo North Country Club, the legal entity of businessman Glenn Straub, announced on Jan. 5 that it has purchased Atlantic City, N.J., hotel and casino Revel at auction for about $95 million.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Keeping Pace with National Firm Merger Trend, Report Finds

Law firm combinations last year, while falling short of 2013's historic levels, still remained more plentiful than they've been in preceding years—and New Jersey firms made their share of moves.
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